Liquid-fuel atomizing device



L. L ALDRICH LQUD FUBL ATOMZNG DEVCE Jan 8, 1929.

Filed Apri1 19, 1923 3 SheetSSheet Patenfed Jan. 8, 19296 4 viSionof a pover oPerated devioe foI' aton1- izing a foel II1ixtuTe. 11notherobieot of Iny invention, is the- Pro viSion of a a tioular coInbinotion of air and fllel )LlII1pS 11ereby an efECient, toInization of fnel InixfnTe I'eSL11ts.

11 forther obiecf iS in the ada tation of 1 S eciol air )reSSI1Te puln in connection With ftlel feeding device vhiCh 1 eSL11f in 3 thoI' ongh miXture of the oir and oil.

et another objeot is in the rovision of 3 fne1 )I1n1 aIld li(111id fuel air reSSnfo )11TI1 foT the purPoSe of atoInizing o fne1 IniXture and S ecial neanS for Te leniShing said li(1- uid fI1e1 iI' puIn Still another obieCt of nly invention includeS novel StrIIct11re erInitting the in tfodUction of ai1' and fue1 thefeto onder de terInined PreSSL1re for the PurPose of aton1i Zation. 11 Sti11 forther obeot iS the roviSion of a ooII1I)]ete ftlel oton1iZing unit h ving detaCh ably related thereto the oTver nleanS coTn )rSing an electrio Inotor.

- ()theI' obieotS of Iny invention vi11 apPear in the fo11oving S )eciffcatioI1 in conneotion With the annoxed draWingS in Which igL1re 1 iS a Side elevation of Iny device.

ignre 2 iS a front elevation shovving de ti1ed arrangeInent of the )11IT1P and vlve lnechaniSn1.

EigUro3 iS 5 longitudinal Soctiona1 viev of the fIlel )I11111), air reSSore )IlIn and fan.

igUre iS 5 croSS Seot ioIlal vieW oI1 the. liIle- 41: of iguTe 3. igore 5 iS a oroSS Sectionol viev on the line 5 5 of igIIre 3 4 1 igure 6 is aI1 enlarged detail of o oTtion b of nly atoInizing IIlec11a11isln.. 4

ignfe 7 iS Sectional viev on the lino 77 of EigUre 6.

FiguDe 8 is a detail of the fHel adioStn1ent valve.

Eignro 9 iS an enlarged defail viev of the fuel adiusting 11ec11aniSTn.

ignTe 10 -iS a Side elevation artially -broken Way Showing the I'elative arrnge Inent of the fan, otoInizing tube and ignition device,

1 igufe 11 iS a detail of portion of the aif' fesSufe pmp.

It Inay be Sai(1 conoeTning oy liqui(i fllel at olnizer that pfiIna rily it iS adopfed to be osed in tho conventiona1 hoI1Se furnaceS that are uSed 1n oonnection vith the variouS systeII1S of heoting. 4

IIovvever, the above is not tlle only uSe foI' In artioulal' atoInizef and aS a lTlatteI of faot it IIlady be uSed vvffere eveI' heating agent iS reqoired. 1`y device iS dP ted to be uSed iI1 oonneotion vvith the forInal thefInoStat andalSo haS the eleotrioa1 oonnectionS that are neoeSSary t() eStabliSh antOInatic OPertio111n connection therevvith. 111 view of the fact that anotheI' ap liootion having S )ecifio ref eIenoe to Soch PointS acooInPanies tho I)I'eSent one, I an1 Inerely ollI ding generally to Such ortionS.

Infhe drvvingS thero is shovvn a bSe 10 hving a riSed Portion 11 Whfoh provideS on attachITlent TIfeaI1S for an eleotrio InotoI' 12 of approxin1ately horSe ower, althoogh the Size of the n1otoI' is detern1ined by the Size ofthe ontfit deSired. The fn oI' blOWer 13 of conventional deSign iS attohed of. 14t to the bSe 10 ond includeS the fan hoosing 15 o en of both SideS aS of 16 and 17 in the )resent Strooture, althongh one o ening v7ould provide Suioient draft. (aSt inte gfally vith the housing 15 afe the extended armS 18 Whioh support t ho air om 19 to bo later deScribed. Shft 20 iS attaohed at one end to the electrio IT1otoI' by IneanS of the flexible coupling 21 and rovideS the driv ing ovvef foI the vrionS elenlents of nly deviceo ThiS Shaft 20 is Supported 9dt itS opPoSite end in beafings in the iI' PreSSnfe pun1p but it hoS attached thereto aton inter- Inediate oint fhe blode ortion 22 of o fan ThiSblade Portion 23 is Shovn in detail in ignre 10 vherein the blades )er Se a eoI'- at 23 to be ourved slightly for nlofe efficient draft. The aiI' Punp doscTibed geneTany os 19 iS So ported odiooent the fon by IneanS of t11 e armS 18Which orobolted as ot 2 to the inner face 25 of Said puInp The ovver Shaft 20 haS its outer end sopPort.ed Withio said PoInp, opon one Side by the bearing 26 dis poSed in t11e inneI' 1te 25 nd on the other Side by siIni1I' boring 27Inounted iT1 the o11ter faoe plato 28, of olnlost sin1ilar ooI1 sfruotion tothe I)1aJte 25. (1osure Inen1bers 29 and- 30 sooure the bearingS in the reS eotive face la.tes. 11 oylindrioal ooteI' housing, fo the air pnmp is Shown of 31 nd -is Su ported by the olan1ping action o and onter )1ateS 25 and 28. This uIn housloo the inner 

